Three weeks of FREE world-class music, dance, film, and more.
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August 11 & 12, NYC to celebrate the fifth annual AMERICANAFEST NYC at Lincoln Center, featuring Mavis Staples, Joe Henry, Margo Price, and Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real.
All events are free with no tickets required. Concerts will take place in New York City’s Damrosch Park on the Bandshell stage.
For the past six decades, American music icon Mavis Staples has been a beacon of spiritual fortitude for artists from Bob Dylan to Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, whose third collaboration with Staples If All I Was Was Black was released to critical acclaim in 2017. August 11th, she’ll bring people together with the power of her voice and a message of strength, perseverance, and love that is as vital today as it was when she and her family sang alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. GRAMMY®-winning producer and singer-songwriter Joe Henry, who has worked with Allen Toussaint, Bonnie Raitt, Elvis Costello, and many others, adds his poetic storytelling to this inspiring evening of song.
With her infectious blend of Nashville country, Memphis soul, and Texas twang, Margo Price is “one of the most compelling country talents to come out of Nashville in recent memory” (Vulture). She brings unflinching honesty and vivid songcraft to nuanced portraits of men and women just trying to get by, evoking everyone from Waylon and Willie to Loretta and Dolly along the way. Price splits the night with singer-songwriter Lukas Nelson (Willie’s son) and his band, Promise of the Real. On tour with Neil Young in recent years, they’ve built a devoted following for their distinctive brand of cosmic country soul.
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